Reading with Mrs. Bender

This week we wrapped up "The Mysterious Giant of Barletta" in our anthology.  The kids enjoyed learning about the real giant statue and also doing research about different types of giants.  Ask them about some of the ugly ones they found!  We worked on adding er and ing to words along with following directions.

We also started a project for our next story, "Raising Dragons".  The kids wrote a handbook about how to take care of their dragon along with coloring their dragon and dragon eggs.

Part of our reading will be focusing on the novel unit, Little House on the Prairie, as we are getting prepared for Laura Day next Friday.  Today the kids read a book about traveling in a covered wagon and reviewed main idea and supporting details.